In shallow water, often exposed to surface water currents on coral rubble, among seaweed and in algae encrusted crevices or caves, dived by Malagasy fishermen.
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Data sheet
Family
Conidae
Genus
Virgiconus
Species
Violaceus
Author
Gmelin, 1791
Size (mm)
61.2
Country
Madagascar
Locality
Toliara.
Range
Western Indian Ocean from Eastern, African Coasts and all the Indian Ocean Islands Seychelles Is to Madagascar Mascarenes Is. absent from the Red Sea.